A number of state constitutions have clauses restricting state funding for religious schools. Some of these go back to an amendment proposed in 1875, known as the Blaine Amendment. What is it?

Though many of Thomas Jefferson’s educational policies were never passed during his lifetime, they became the foundation of federal education today.
Portrait by Mather Brown / Wikimedia CommonsApril 27, 2017

Demonstrating again he is no lame-duck president, Barack Obama has proposed a new higher education initiative celebrated on social media as #FreeCommunityCollege. Obama’s plan to provide free community…

Allowing the states full responsibility for funding for all schools would lead to more coherent allocation decisions.
Flickr/andresmhSeptember 22, 2014

The reform of Australia’s federation is under review. In this special series, we ask leading Australian academics to begin a debate on renewing federalism, from tax reform to the broader issues of democracy…

The Sydney Opera House is proof that Danish architects like to do things differently. As do some Danish zoos, who kill giraffes for conservation. And now there is a Danish proposal to create a zoo there…

Taking tips from other countries on public education would be a good thing - if only we didn’t follow the ones who are failing.
Flickr/Sakkra PaiboonAugust 4, 2014

Where I come from in North Carolina it is currently 14 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard Time. I tell my colleagues that I have come from the past. However, when it comes to seeing how the failed…

On Sunday the federal Labor government announced reforms to school funding, that aimed to finally put in place the recommendations of the Gonski review. The proposed reforms – worth A$14.5 billion – are…